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^PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 



TOURS 



FLORIDA, 



1893. 



MATGHtESS IN EVERY FEATURE. 



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WINTER IN FLORIDA 



WINTER TOURS 



FLORIDA, 



UNDER THE PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED SYSTEM 



PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 



THROrc^H TRAIN'S OF PULLMAN VESTIBULE DRAWING-ROOM 
SLEEPING AND DINING CARS. 



SEASON OF 1S99. 



J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, 

Gen'l Passenger Aoent. Ass't Gen'/ Passeiigei- Agent. 



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Entekkd, according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1898, by 

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 



rWQ COPIES REC.:iVED. 



("EB - 7 1899 



Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, Phila. 






PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 
TOURS 

TO 

FLORIDA. 



SEASON OF 1899. 




ENEATH the genial sky of Florida the 
large number of people who feel the 
need of a midwinter as well as a mid- 
summer holiday find the rest and 
recreation which a working world 
^ "^i makes necessary. To these people 

^^' >»>*-Slf |-j-|g personally-conducted tours of 

the Pennsylvania Railroad especially 
commend themselves. These tours 
are planned just to fit the two weeks' 
vacation which almost every one may 
The excursion rates are most liberal, and the style 
of traveling is first class in every particular. If the gen- 
eral sentiment concerning them is to be taken as an index 
to their popularity, they may in all verity be styled the 
ideal short winter tours. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for the season of 
1899, presents a series of four tours. They will be carried 
out under the personally-conducted system for which that 

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company has become famous, and every detail relating to 
them will be maintained on that high grade which has 
been the marked characteristic of previous undertakings 
of this kind. 

Arrangements so comprehensive and complete present 
a rare opportunity for recreation and pleasure on desir- 
able dates. 

THE DAYS OF STARTING AND 
RETURNING. 

A series of four tours from Boston, New York, Philadel- 
phia, Baltimore, Washington, and other principal points on 
the Pennsylvania System is fixed for the following dates : — 

Leave New York, Tuesday, January 24, 

Leave New York Tuesday, February 7, 

Leave New^ York, Tuesday, February 21, 

Leave New York, Tuesday, March 7, 1899. 

Dates for leaving Boston are one day earlier in each in- 
stance. 

The first three tours will each admit of a visit of two 
whole weeks in the Flowery Peninsula, and the returning 
parties will leave Jacksonville for home on the dates fol- 
lowing : — 

First Tour, Thursday, February 9, 

Second Tour, Thursday, February 23, 

Third Tour, Thursday, March 9, 1899. 

Tickets for the Fourth Tour are valid for return until 
May 31, 1899, by regular trains. 

The period allowed is amply sufficient to admit of a 
thorough tour of all the interesting places in the Peninsula. 



UNDER PERSONAL ESCORT. 

Undoubtedly one of the most original and highly satis- 
factory creations of the Pennsylvania Railroad was the in- 
auguration of personally-conducted tours under the super- 
vision and direction of a Tourist Agent and Chaperon. 
The former, a man of broad experience, makes all arrange- 
ments that may be required, has a perfect knowledge of 
all routes, attends to the prompt movement of the train, 
and in every way looks to the comfort and enjoyment of 
his fellow-travelers. 

The Chaperon, an entirely original conception of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad, has especial charge of ladies, par- 
ticularly those unaccompanied by parents or escort, min- 
istering to their necessities in a most intelligent manner, 
as experience has thoroughly educated her in the intrica- 
cies of railway travel and usage. 

In the Chaperon the ladies find both a companion and 
guide. While furnishing all information that one could 
wish, and looking with watchful eyes after the comfort and 
pleasure of those in her charge, the Chaperon also stands 
to unescorted ladies in the exact relation that her title 
implies. 

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. 

The marked success and popularity of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Tours to Florida are due to several causes. The 
complete appointment of the special trains, the liberality of 
the rates and the return limit of tickets, are features that 
have attracted the traveling public ; but the most popular 
characteristic of these tours is the freedom of movement al- 
lowed the tourists after their arrival at destination. No fixed 
programme is set for them in Florida, but having arrived at 



Jacksonville they are at perfect liberty to dispose of their 
time as they see fit. They may travel over the State in- 
dividually or in small parties, may stop wherever they choose 
and stay as long as is desirable, only keeping in view the 
return date, and arranging their migrations so as to be in 
Jacksonville in time to take the special train for home on 
the date fixed for its departure. This plan imposes on 
the tourists no compulsory conditions as to their movements, 
and at the same time secures to them all the benefits of 
the personally-conducted system. 

On page i8 suggestions for a number of side trips in 
Florida will be found. 

HOW THE TOURISTS TRAVEL. 

Each party will be transported from New York to Jack- 
sonville in a special train of Pullman Vestibule Sleeping 
and Dining Cars The train will be in direct charge of 
the Tourist Agent, who, aided by the Chaperon, will relieve 
the tourists of all the incidental cares of a long trip. The 
train will run through on a fast schedule in both direc- 
tions. 

The route of the tours of January 24 and February 21 is via 
Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington, Southern Railway 
to Columbia, and Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad 
to Jacksonville ; and that of the tours of February 7 and 
March 7 is via the Pennsylvania Railroad to Quantico, the ■ 
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad to Rich- 
mond, the Atlantic Coast Line to Ashley Junction, and the 
Plant System to Jacksonville. Returning, the parties will 
travel by the same route as that used south-bound. 

The dining-car feature is a most desirable one, and can- 
not fail to enlist the appreciation of all travelers, insuring 
comfortable meals at regular hours with ample time to 
enjoy them. All the meals necessary en route will be 



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served in the dining car, the expense of the same being 
covered by the price of the tickets. Hours observed for 
meals will be : — 

Breakfast 7.00 to 8.30 A. M. 

Luncheon 12.30 to 1.30 P. M. 

Dinner 6.00 to 7.30 P. M. 

THE RATES AND CONDITIONS OF THE 
TICKETS. 

The excursion tickets for these tours will be sold from 
Boston at $65.00, New York I50.00, Philadelphia I48.00, and 
from other stations named on other pages in this pamphlet 
at the rates there quoted. The price of the tickets includes 
railway transportation, and, for the first three tours, Pull- 
man sleeping-car accommodations (one berth) and meals 
en route in both directions while traveling on the special 
train. The rate from Boston includes, in addition to above, 
berth from Boston to Philadelphia and return ; breakfast 
going and supper returning, at Broad Street Station, Phila- 
delphia. The tickets will be accepted for passage only on 
the special train. They must be used for the return trip 
only on the special train appointed to leave Jacksonville on 
the date fixed for the return of the particular tour in 
question, except that as stated on page 6, tickets for the 
fourth tour will be valid returning by regular trains until 
May 31, 1899, and cover Pullman accommodations (one 
berth) and meals on going trip only ; nothing but trans- 
portation is included returning. 

Tickets sold at points on this company's lines not reached 
by the special train cover transportation only by regular 
trains to nearest junction point with the special train. 

The tourists, upon reaching Jacksonville, will be left to 
pursue their own course until the return date, when they will 
take the special train at that point for the homeward trip. 



Baggage should be checked through to Jacksonville via 
the route of tour selected. 

The company reserves the right to attach special cars to 
regular trains, if, from any cause, the number of the party 
should be too small to warrant the running of a special train. 

A SUGGESTION. 

The number of persons for which accommodations can 
be provided on a special train of Pullman drawing-room 
cars is necessarily limited. It is prudent, therefore, that 
those who desire to join the party should make early ap- 
plication for tickets, and register their names for sleeping- 
car accommodations. 

Tickets or itineraries may be secured at the ticket offices 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Boston, New 
York, Jersey City, Newark, Elizabeth, Trenton, Philadel- 
phia, Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington, and the other 
stations from which rates are quoted, or by addressing 

Geo. W. Boyd, 

Assistant Ge>i,:ral Passenocr AMenl 
Peniusytrania Kaitioad Co., 
Broau Strekt Station, rHiLADELPniA, Pa. 

Special booking offices for personally-conducted tours 
have been established at the following offices, where repre- 
sentatives of the Tourist Bureau will be stationed: — 
1 196 Broadway, 205 Washington Street, 

New York City. Boston, Mass. 

789 Broad Street, S60 Fulton .Street, 

Newark, N. J. 13rooklyn, N. Y. 

Room 411, Broad .St. Sta- J5th and G Streets, 

tion, Philadelphia, Pa. Washington, D.C. 

N. E. Corner Baltimore Corner Fifth Avenue and 

and Calvert Streets, .Smithfield Streets, 

Baltimore. Md. Pittsburg, Pa. 



ROUND-TRIP RATES. 



Altoona, Pa I50 65 

Atlantic City, N. J 49 25 

Baltimore, Md 48 00 

Bellefonte, Pa., via Tyrone . 51 00 

Belvidere, N. J 5000 

Birdsboro, Pa 49 35 

Blairsville, Pa 52 00 

Bordentown, N.J 49 00 

Boston, Mass 65 00 

Bridgeton, N. J 4900 

Bristol, Pa 48 So 

Bryn Mawr, Pa 48 00 

Burlington, N. J 4860 

Canandaigua, N. Y 52 85 

CapeMay, N. J 49 75 

Centreville, Md 49 00 

Chestnut Hill, Pa 48 30 

Chester, Pa 48 00 

Clayton, Del 48 40 

Clearfield, Pa 51 20 

Coatesville, Pa 48 00 

Columbia, Pa 48 00 

Conevvago, Pa 48 00 

Connellsville, Pa 52 90 

Conshohocken, Pa 48 50 

Cony, Pa 54 10 

Dover, Del 48 50 

Downingtown, Pa 48 00 

Delmar, Del 49 00 

Driftwood, Pa 51 50 

Elizabeth, N. J 50 00 

Elkton, Md 48 00 

Elmira, N. Y 51 45 

Emporium, Pa 51 85 

Erie, Pa 54 85 

Frankford, Pa 48 25 

Freehold, N.J 50 00 

Greensburg, Pa 52 40 

Germantown, Pa 48 20 

Glassboro, N. J 48 75 



Hamburg, Pa $50 00 

Harrington, Del 49 00 

Harrisburg, Pa 48 00 

Havre de Grace, Md 48 00 

Huntingdon, Pa 50 00 

Indiana, Pa 52 30 

Irvineton,Pa 53 65 

Jamesburg, N. J 5000 

Jersey City, N. J 5000 

Johnstown, Pa 51 45 

Kane, Pa 52 95 

Lambertville, N.J 49 80 

Lancaster. Pa 48 00 

Latrobe, Pa 52 20 

Lewistown Junction, Pa. . . 49 25 

Lock Haven, Pa 50 4° 

Long Branch, N.J 50 00 

Mt. Carmel, Pa 49 65 

Mt. Union, Pa 49 75 

Manayunk, Pa 48 25 

Media, Pa 48 00 

Merchantville, N. J 4820 

Middletown, Del 48 25 

Middletown, Pa 48 00 

Milford, Del 49 00 

Millville, N. J 4900 

Milton, Pa 49 35 

Moorestown, N. J 4850 

Mt. Holly, N.J 48 70 

Mt. Joy, Pa 48 00 

Muncy, Pa 49 65 

Nanticoke, Pa 5° 25 

Newark, Del 48 00 

Newark, N.J 5000 

New Brunswick, N.J. ... 50 00 

New Castle, Del 48 00 

New York, N. Y 50 00 

Norristown, Pa 48 65 

Northumberland, Pa 49 '5 



Ocean Grove, N. J $5000 Shamokin, Pa $4950 

Oxford, Pa 48 00 ' Shenandoah, Pa 50 00 

Spring City, Pa 49 30 

Perryville, Md 48 00 g^nbury, Pa 49 10 



Perth Amboy, N. J 50 

Philadelphia, Pa 

Phillipsburg, N. J 5000 

Phoenixville, Pa 49 00 



Trenton, N.J 49 00 

Tulpohocken, Pa 48 20 

Tyrone, Pa 50 40 



Pittsburg, Pa 53 00 Uniontown, Pa 53 00 

Pottstown, Pa 4900 yineland, N.J 4900 

Pottsville, Pa 50 00 

Princeton, N. J 4960 Warren, Pa 53 55 

Washington, D. C 48 00 

Rahvvay, N. J 50 00 Watkins, N. Y 51 95 

Reading, Pa 50 00 West Chester, Pa 48 00 

RedBank, N. J 5000 Wilkesbarre, Pa 5035 

Renovo, Pa 5° 95 Williamsport, Pa 50 00 

Rochester, N. Y 54 00 Wilmington, Del. 



Salem, N.J 49 00 



Wissahickon Heights, Pa. , 48 30 



Schuylkill Haven, Pa. ... 50 00 j Woodbury, N.J 4830 

Seaford, Del 49 00 York, Pa 48 00 



Rates via Market Street Wharf do not include transfer of passenger 
or baggage through Philadelphia. 

Half-tickets for use of children between five and twelve years of age 
will be sold at two-thirds above rates. 

EXTRA PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS. 
As previously stated, these rates include one double 
berth in sleeper, but in case extra Pullman accommoda- 
tions are desired a limited number of persons can be fur- 
nished therewith at the following additional charges for the 
round trip from New York or Philadelphia : — 

For entire section occupied by one person $13 00 

For drawing-room occupied by one person 35 00 

For drawing-room occupied by two persons 22 00 

For drawing-room occupied by three persons 9 00 

It should be borne in mind that the above are the total 
additional charges, so that in the case of drawing-room occu- 
pied by two persons the^^r capita charge is |ii.oo, and when 
occupied by three persons the/'^r capita charge is $3.00, 

For the fourth tour, where Pullman accommodations are 
furnished south-bound only, the charges for extra Pullman 
space will be one-half of above amounts. 



ITINERARY IN DETAIL. 

Via Southern Railway and Florida central and 
peninsular railroad. 



SOUTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

January 23 and February 20, 1S99. 

Eastern Time. 

Leave Boston (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 7.00 P. M. 

January 24 and February 21, 1899. 

Leave New York (via Pennsylvania R. R.) 
West Twenty-third Street . . . 
Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets 
Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) .... 
Jersey City (via Pennsylvania R. R.) 
Newark 
Elizabeth 
Trenton 
Philadelphia 
Wilmington, Del. 
Baltimore 
Washington (via Southern Ry.) 

January 25 and February 22, 1899. 

Eastern Time. 

Arrive Columbia, S. C. (via Southern Ry.) . . 4.34 A. M. 

Central Time. 

Arrive Columbia, .S. C. (via Southern Ry.) . . 3.34 A. M. 
Leave " " (via Florida Central and 

Peninsular Railroad) 4.45 " 

Arrive Jacksonville " ir-5o " 

Luncheon, dinner, and breakfast will be served 
in the dining car. 

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9.20 A. M. 




9-30 




9-15 




9-44 




9-58 ■' 




10.08 




ir.ii " 




12.09 P- ^I- 




12.49 


2.25 " 




3.46 " 



Via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad 
and southern railway. 



NORTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

Fehruary 9 and March 9, 1899. 

Central Time. 

Leave Jacksonville (via Florida Central and 

Peninsular R. R.) 9.00 A.M. 

Eastern Time. 

Leave Columbia (via Southern Ry.j ...... 5.50 P. M. 



February 10 and ]\L\rch 10. 1899. 

Eastern Tii 

Arrive Washington (via Southern Ry.) . . . . 6.42 A. M 
" Baltimore (via Pennsylvania R. R.) . . 8.03 
" Wilmington, Del. " " . . 9.33 
" Philadelphia " " . . 10.15 
" Trenton " " , . 11.13 
" Elizabeth " " . . 12.07 P- M, 
" Newark " " .. 12.18 
" Jersey City " " . . 12.31 
" New York " " . . 12.43 
" Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) i.oo 

Limcheon, dinner, and breakfast will be served 
in the dining car. 



February ii and March ii, 1899. 

Arrive Boston (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 7.00 A. M. 



VIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE AND PLANT SYSTEM. 



SOUTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

February 6 and March 6, 1899. 

Eastern Time. 
Leave Boston (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 7.00 P. M. 

February 7 and March 7, 1899. 

Leave New York (via Pennsylvania R. R.) 

West Twenty-third Street 9.20 A.M. 

Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets . . 9.30 " 

Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 9.15 " 

Jersey City (via Pennsylvania R. R.) . . 9.44 " 
Newark " " . . 9.58 " 

Elizabeth " " . . 10.08 " 

Trenton " " . . 11. 11 " 

Philadelphia " " . . 12.09 P- M. 

Wilmington, Del. " " . . 12.49 " 

Baltimore " " . . 2.25 " 

Washington (via Pennsylvania and Rich- 
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac 

Railroads) 3.46 P. M. 

Leave Richmond (via Atlantic Coast Line) . . 7.20 *' 



February 8 and March 8, 1899. 

Eastern Time. 

Arrive Ashleyjunction (via Atlantic Coast Line), 5.30 A. M. 

Central Time. 

Arrive Ashley Junction " " 4.30 A.M. 

Leave Ashley Junction (via Plant System) . . . 4.45 " 

Arrive Jacksonville " " . . .11.50 " 

Luncheon, dinner, and breakfast will be served 

in the dining car. 

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VIA Plant System and Atlantic Coast line. 



NORTH-BOUND SCHEDULE. 

February 23, 1899, tickets on last tour being valid for 
return on regular trains until May 31, 1899. 

Central Time. 

Leave Jacksonville (via Plant System) 9.00 A. M. 

Arrive Ashley Junction " " 4.15 P.M. 

Leave Ashley Junction (via Atlantic Coast Line), 5 30 " 



February 24, 18 

Arrive Washington (via Pennsylvania R. 

" Baltimore " 

" Wilmington, Del. " 

" Philadelphia " 

" Trenton " 

" Elizabeth 

" Newark " 

" Jersey City " 

" New York 

'' Brooklyn (via Annex Boat) 

Luncheon, dinner, and breakfast will be served 
in the dining car. 







Eastern T 


aR. R.) 


. 7.01 A. 




' 


. 8.23 




' 


• 9-55 




' 


. 10.35 






. 11-33 




' 


. 12.27 P. 




' 


. 12.35 




' 


. 12.50 




. I.03 




. 1.30 



February 25, 1899. 

Arrive Boston (via New York, New Haven and 

Hartford R. R.) 700 A. M. 



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SIDE TRIPS IN FLORIDA. 




ONDUCTING tourists to Jacksonville, they 
will be left there to follow their own 
inclinations. The following are sug- 
gested as desirable side trips from 
Jacksonville during the two weeks' 
stay of the tourists in Florida. For 
tickets apply to the agents of the 
initial line out of Jacksonville. The 
fares quoted are for the round trip, 
and are subject to change without 
notice. Tickets are good to stop off on 
notice to conductors. Information as to additional side 
trips can be secured on application to the various railroad 
and steamship lines in Florida. 

1. Jacksonville to St. Augustine and return ; Florida 
East Coast Railway. Fare : I2.90. 

2. Jacksonville to St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Rock- 
ledge, Palatka, Silver Springs, and return to Jacksonville. 
Fare : $33.45, including meals and berth on steamer. 
Route: Florida East Coast Railway, Jacksonville to St. 
Augustine Palm Beach, Rockledge, and Palatka; Ockla- 
waha River steamer to Silver Springs, and Florida Central 
and Peninsular Railway to Jacksonville. While at Rock- 
ledge a trip to Fairyland will be found enjoyable, and while 
at Ormond a drive to Daytona and a trip on the Halifax 
River to the mouth of the Tomaka. 

3. Jacksonville to St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, 
Nassau, Rockledge, and return to Jacksonville. Fare : 
$52.95, including meals and berth on steamer between 



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Miami and Nassau. Route: Florida East Coast Railway 
and steamers. 

4. Jacksonville to Miami, and steamer thence to Key 
West via Florida East Coast Railway and steamers ; re- 
turning by same route. Fare : I34.20, including meals and 
berth on steamers. 

5. Jacksonville to Miami, thence steamer to Havana, 
Cuba, via Florida East Coast Railway and steamers ; re- 
turning by same route. Fare : 1^55.20, including meals and 
berth on steamers. 

6. Jacksonville to Palatka, Silver Sprmgs, Ocklawaha 
River, Palatka, and return to Jacksonville. Route : Jackson- 
ville, Tampa and Key \\>st Railway and Ocklawaha River 
steamers. Fare: In. 95, includhig meals and berth on 
steamer. 

7. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key W^est Railway, Jackson- 
ville to Crescent City Junction, thence by steamer to Crescent 
City ; returning by same route. A novel steamboat trip 
through canals and lakes to Lake Crescent. Fare : I4.80. 

S. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, Jack- 
sonville to Sanford, and the Plant .System to Kissimmee ; 
returning by same route. Fare : $9.90. The section about 
Kissimmee, Lake Tohopekaliga, and the Kissimmee River 
embraces the great fishing and hunting grounds. 

9. Jacksonville to Tampa and return via Jacksonville, 
Tampa and Key West Railway and the Plant System direct 
to Tampa Ray Hotel ; returning by same route. Rate : 
$12.70. If steamer be used on return trip from Sanford to 
Jacksonville on the vSt. John's River, the rate will be I11.95 ; 
meals on steamer extra. 

10. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway to Ti- 
tusville, and Indian River steamer to Palm Beach ; returning 
by same route. Fare: $19.00; meals and berth on steamer 



extra. Returing via Sanford, and steamer thence to Jack- 
sonville, I19.50. The latter covers trips on the beautiful 
Indian and St. John's Rivers. 

11. Jackonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, Jack- 
sonville to Titusville, and Indian River steamer to Rock- 
ledge ; returning by same route. A trip of twenty miles 
each way on the beautiful Indian River Fare: I10.50 ; 
meals on steamer extra. Returning via Sanford and the 
St. John's River steamer to Jacksonville, fin. 00. 

12. Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, Jack- 
sonville to Sanford, Plant System to Port Tampa, and 
steamer on Manatee River to Palmetto, Braidentown, and 
other river points, through the orange grove region ; re- 
turning by same route. Fare: 114.20. If steamer on St. 
John's River be used from Sanford to Jacksonville, the rate 
will be 11345 ; nieals and berths on steamers extra. 

13. Jacksonville through Port Tampa and Key West to 
Havana, Cuba, and return, via Jacksonville, Tampa and 
Key West Railway and the Plant System and Steamship 
Line. Fare: ;f55.2o, including meals and berth on steamer. 
Returning via St. John's River steamers from Sanford to 
Jacksonville, with meals and berths extra, I54.45. 

14. Same route as No. 13, Jacksonville to Key West 
and return, I34.20, including meals and berths on steamers. 

15. Jacksonville to Fernandina and return, via Florida 
Central and Peninsular Railroad. Fare : $2.00. 

16. Jacksonville to Silver Springs via Florida Central and 
Peninsular Railroad, thence to Palatka via steamer on Ockla- 
waha River, and rail lines from Palatka to Jacksonville. 
Fare: I11.90. 

17. Jacksonville to Tampa and return, via Florida Cen- 
tral and Peninsular Railroad. Fare : $12.70. 

18. Jacksonville to Tallahassee and return, via Florida 
Central and Peninsular Railroad. Fare : I9.95. 



RESORTS. 



JACKSONVILLE. 

1002 miles from New York. 

This city is the great distributing centre from which hosts 
of travelers pouring into the land branch out to the number- 
less places of interest in every direction. It is situated on 




the St. John's River, twenty-five miles west of the ocean, 
and is the largest city on the seaboard south of Savannah, 
and the place of first importance in business, trade, and 
commerce. The wide avenues of the city are shaded with 

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grand live oaks ; rare flowers and shrubbery of the tropics 
adorn the grounds around the villas and hotels, and the 
sweet perfume of buds and blossoms permeates the air. 
The city is rich in suburban attractions. The drive along 
the St. John's River and to Riverside are especially beau- 
tiful. 

The hotels of Jacksonville are numerous. Some are very 
handsome structures, and all offer good entertainment. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 



The Carletoii. 
The Duval. 
The Glenada. 
The r,eneva 



Hotel Oxford. 
St. James Hotel. 
The Travelers. 
Windsor Hotel. 



The Everett. 
Placide House. 
Grand View Hotel. 




THK ST JOHN'S RIVER. 



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BELLEAIR, FLA. 

260 miles from Jacksonville, via the Plant System. 

Belleair is situated on a lofty elevation, browing the 
waters of Clearwater Harbor, just twenty-five miles from 
Port' Tampa, on the Mexican Gulf Here beautiful shells, 
tinted and shapely, are cast upon the hard white sand. 
The fishing is nowhere finer, and any variety that could 
be obtained at famous Tarpon Springs can be caught 
at Belleair or Clearwater. The grouper fish, considered 
delicious pompano and sea bass, and the mammoth tarpon 
very fine eating, salt-water trout and Spanish mackerel, the 
are all found in season. 

The outdoor sports are numerous, embracing hunting, 
golfing, and cycling. Belleair boasts of the finest cycle 
track in the Southern States. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
The Belleview. 

CEDAR KEY. 

127 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

Cedar Key is a very popular resort for tourists and 
sportsmen. Many and interesting are the side trips by 
steamer from here. Diving for sponge is a sight well worth 
seeing. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Bettelini House. Schlemmer House. 

DAYTONA. 

51 miles from Palatka, via Florida East Coast Railway. 

This town is built for about two miles along the west 
bank of the Halifax River. Its streets are shaded with 



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live oaks and stately palmettos. Steamboats connect at 
this point for the Hillsborough and Indian Rivers. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Fountain City Hotel. Palmetto Hotel. Holly Inn. 

The Ridgewood. Colonnades. 

DE LAND. 

no miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line. 

De Land is a delightfully picturesque town, situated in 
Volusia County, on a pine elevation. It is completely 




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belted with extensive orange groves, and here the rich 
tropical productions thrive m abundance. All through this 
locality are found most picturesque lakes, on the shores 
of which stand beautiful residences and commodious hotels. 



It is a favorite spot for the sportsman — deer, turkey, and 
wildcat being found in abundance. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
The Carrolton. College Arms. Floral Grove Hotel. Putnam House. 



ENTERPRISE. 

122 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line ; also 
reached via boat. 

I'he advantageous situation of this town has given it a 
pre-eminence over many others, as it is, hke its neighbor 
Sanford, directly on Lake Monroe — one of the headwater 
bodies of the St. John's. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 
Brock House. 



FERNANDINA. 

36 miles from Jacksonville, via Jacksonville Branch of the Florida Cen- 
tral and Peninsular Railroad. 

This old Spanish town was founded in 1632 by the 
Countess of Egmont, who essayed the culture of indigo. 
It has the largest and deepest harbor on the eastern coast 
of Florida, and during the Civil War witnessed some of 
the most thrilling scenes of blockade running. 

Amelia Beach, over twenty miles long and two hundred 
feet wide, hard and firm, is one of the finest beaches in 
the world. The air is perfect, and the avenues broad, 
bowered by oak and orange. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Egmont Hotel. Florida House. 



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GREEN COVE SPRINGS. 

30 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line; also 
reached via boat. 

The wonderful Sulphur Spring, discharging three thou- 
sand gallons of water a minute, from which the place takes 
its name, is located in a handsome grove of live oaks draped 
with Spanish moss, in the midst of wide magnolia forests. 
The grounds are attractively laid out in romantic walks and 
parks. The bathing pools are extensive, and the baths 
are commended not only to invalids but to all who enjoy 
a good plunge. Open-air bathing in December is a com- 
mon everyday enjoyment. 

The romantic St. David's walk extends northward along 
the shore two miles through the forest to Magnolia and 
its fine hotel. Excursions may be made by boat trom here 
to Palatka. principal hotels. 

Clarendon Hotel. Oakland Hotel. St. Clair Hotel. 

Morganza Hotel. Riverside House. Hotel St. Elmo. 



HAVANA, CUBA. 

Florida East Coast Railway to Miami, thence by steamship. 

Also Tropical Trunk Line to Sanford, Plant System to Port Tampa, 

thence by steamship. 

The recent conflict between the United States and Spain 
for the deliverance of Cuba has aroused a universal interest 
in the island, and especially in Havana and Havana Har- 
bor, where the memorable "Maine" went down with her 
gallant crew on that fateful February night. 

The distance to Havana from Key West is about one 
hundred miles, and the run is made so as to approach the 
entrance to Havana Harbor at the signal of the sunrise 
gun. The steamer passes directly beneath the brow of the 



sombre, historic, and now famous Morro Castle, and slowly 
and quietly approaches her anchorage in the beautiful har- 
bor. The morning sun beams peacefully upon the glitter- 
ing white city that stretches out over the rising hills, and 
tinges with gold the towers and domes of the Cuban metrop- 
olis. A fleet of beautifull little skiffs, all bearing on their 
bows some pretty and euphonious Spanish name, surrounds 
the steamer, and the l:)abel of the owners fills the air with 
strange words of a foreign tongue. In these little boats the 
tourists are taken to the iiiacliiua or water-gateway to the 
city of Havana. 

Havana has been called "The Paris of the West." It 
surely has to a certain degree that glitter and flash in which 
Paris prides itself. There is a great love of the artistic dis- 
played in its architecture and the interior of its churches and 
public edifices, and one cannot but feel glad that the city 
escaped the destructive bombardment which at one time 
seemed imminent. 

Among the places of interest to tourists are the old 
Spanish Governor General's Palace, the former United 
States Consulate, the Public Parks, and the Columbus Cathe- 
dral and Memorial Chapel. 

Cuba, "The Queen of the Antilles," extending through 
three and a half degrees of latitude, is somewhat longer than 
from New York to Chicago. The island is indeed the most 
picturesque of all the West Indies. It has been claimed 
that it can supply the world's demand for sugar, and it does 
supply very nearly the demand of the world for cigars. 

Railroads lead out of Havana to the most noteworthy 
cities and regions of the island, and travel under normal 
conditions is pleasant and comfortable. Steamers also ply 
between Havana and Santiago. 

PRINCIPAL HOThlLS. 
Pasaje. Nuevo Telegrafo. Roma (.rande. 

Inglaterra. Mascotte. 



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THE INDIAN RIVER. 

The Florida East Coast Railway extends from Jacksonville, via 
St. Augustine, to Miami. 

The Tropical Trunk Line runs to Titusville, the head of the river, a 

distance of 158 miles from Jacksonville. A line of steamers 

runs between Titusville and Palm Beach. 

This river, so well known to people of the North from 
the fame of its oranges, is one hundred and forty-two miles 




ox THE BANKS OF THE 



in length, and in many respects one of the most remark- 
able and picturesque water courses in Florida. From its 
head, a few miles above Titusville, to the southern ex- 
tremity at Jupiter Inlet, it winds through the wildest and 
most beautiful scenery in the State. Its width varies from 
one hundred feet to three miles. 



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KEY WEST, FLA. 

Florida East Coast Railway to Miami, thence by steamship. 

Also Tropical Trunk Line to Sanford, Plant System to Port Tampa, 
thence bj' steamship. 

Key West, the county seat of Monroe County, is situated 
on an island one hundred and sixty-five miles by steamer 
from Miami, about two hundred miles from Port Tampa, and 
one hundred miles from Havana, Cuba. The island em- 
braces two thousand acres of coral formation. It presents 
many pleasing features to the tourist, and is well worth a 
visit ; tropical trees and flowers of all kinds abound, and 
the people of the island are remarkably hospitable. A con- 
stant breeze from the Atlantic Ocean and the proximity of 
the Gulf Stream render the climate equable and delightful. 
Frost never reaches here. Such a thing as artifical heat is 
unknown, except for cooking purposes. The capacious 
wharves of the city are daily lined with vessels of every na- 
tion, and the commodities of the world find an exchange 
here. The importance of Key West, as one of the greatest 
commercial centres of the country, is assured by its geo- 
graphical position, and with the completion of the Nica- 
ragua Canal it will occupy a still more prominent position 
in the commercial world. 

PRINCIPAL H0TP:L. 
Hotel Key West. 

MIAMI, FLA. 

366 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida East Coast Railway. 

Also Tropical Trunk Line to Titusville, steamers to Palm Beach, 
and Florida F2ast Coast Railway. 

Miami is one of the prettiest and most delightful of 
Florida winter resorts. It is located directly on the beau- 
tiful Biscayne Bay, at the mouth of the Miami River, and 




possesses a climate peculiary soft and mild. It is the most 
southern point in Florida reached by railroad, and is in the 
midst of luxuriant tropical vegetation. The shores of the 
bay and the banks of the river are fringed with full-grown 
cocoanut trees laden with their interesting fruit, and the 
view through these "royal palms" of the peaceful bay, dot- 
ted with sails and canopied launches, and of the distant 
keys beyond with the white breakers of the sea glistening 
between, is one of peculiar beauty. A fleet of sailboats. 



skiffs, and naphtha launches, ably manned, rides at anchor 
in the river during the season, ready at all times to take 
parties out upon the tempting bay. Excellent fishing may 
be enjoyed near at hand. Interesting excursions and hunt- 
ing trips up the river into the Everglades can also be made 
from this point. 

On the north bank of the river stands Old Fort Dallas, 
famous during the Civil War, which has been converted by 
the present owner into a luxurious home, surrounded by 
extensive tropical gardens, in a high state of cultivation. 

The town of Miami is a typical Florida village, with 
broad, hard avenues, and quite an extensive trade in early 
spring truck. Besides the railroad it has steamship service 
to Nassau, N. P., Key West, and Havana. It is destined 
soon to become the metropolis of South Florida. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Royal Palm. Biscayiie. Miami. Coniially. 

NASSAU, N. P. 

Florida Plasl Coast Railway to Miami and thence by steamship. 

Nassau is the capital of New Providence, the chief of 
the Bahama Islands. It is directly east of Southern Flor- 
ida, and about one hundred and fifty miles from Miami, 
being reached by steamer in a short sail of a few hours, 
through a sea landlocked most of the way. Protected 
by the Gulf Stream, it is absolutely free from frost and 
sudden changes in temperature, with a winter climate 
varying from sixty-eight to seventy-eight, where the varia- 
tions rarely show five in twenty four hours. The sailing is 
perfect, both in a landlocked harbor or on the broad At- 
lantic. The drives are magnificent, the roads being made 
out of the native stone, and for this reason it is rightly called 
the paradise of the cyclists. The Royal Victoria Hotel, a 
large four-story building, is well kept by an American. The 



Curry House is less pretentious, but very comfortable, and 
there are smaller hotels and boarding houses within the 
reach of every visitor. The society is excellent, and for 
many years Nassau has been noted for its hospitality and 
courtesies to Americans. 

OCALA. 

126 miles from Jacksonville, via Palatka and Plant System. 100 miles 

from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and 

Peninsular Railway. 

Ocala is a thriving and prosperous city, the county 
seat of Marion, and the centre of one of the richest agri- 




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cultural sections of the State, and is manifestly destined 
to become one of the distributing centres of the great 
orange belt. Near it are located extensive deposits of nat- 
ural phosphates. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Central Hotel. Magnolia House. Montezuma Hotel. 

Ocala House. 



THE OCKLAWAHA. 

Starting point, Palatka, 55 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via 
Tropical Trunk Line. 

No trip to Florida is thoroughly complete without a 
steamer ride up or down the Ocklawaha, for it reveals a 
phase of tropical scenery peculiar alone to Florida. The 
river is formed by a succession of swamps, springs, lakes, 
and lagoons. 

A night journey on this river is one that cannot be 
rivaled for weird and beautiful effects. The pine torch 
headlight on the little steamer reveals masses of tangled 
jungle, networks of winding vines, moss, and fungi, awakens 
storks, cranes, herons, curlews, alligators, snakes, turtles, 
and a thousand other wild inmates of nature's household. 



ORLANDO. 

147 miles by rail or boat, via Tropical Trunk Line to Sanford, thence 
via Plant System. 4 miles south of Winter Park. 

iSo miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railway. 

Orlando is located in the midst of a region charmingly 
diversified by beautiful lakes, whose borders are lined with 
groves surroundmg elegant villas and cosy winter cottage 
homes of Northern residents. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Arcade Hotel. Magnolia House. Summerlin House. 

Charleston House. San Juan Hotel. Tremont Hotel. 



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ORMOND. FLA. 

104 miles from Jacksonville on the Florida East Coast Railway. 
This beautiful little town is known as Ormond-by-the-Sea, 
or Ormond-on-the-Halifax — either or both — and is one of 
the most charming spots in Florida. The town is situated 
on both the east and west banks of the Halifax River, and 
no other locality in Florida presents such varied scenery. 




Halifax River is really an arm of the sea — a broad tropi- 
cal lagoon, whose banks are fringed with groves of palms, 
orange, oak, and pine. Into it flows the Tomoka River. 
This picturesque stream is one of the great attractions of 
Florida, and an excursion from Ormond to the head of the 
navigable waters and return may be made in about six 
hours by steam or naphtha launch ; many people prefer to 



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make the trip in sail or row boats, with which Ormond 
is weh supphed. From the pier in front of the Hotel Or- 
mond these craft ply their way up the Halifax, a distance 
of five miles, to the mouth of the Tomoka, passing beau- 
tiful rolling lands, both on the mainland and on the 
peninsula, all under a high state of cultivation, producing 
oranges, vegetables of all kinds, persimmons, guavas, and 
other semi-tropical fruits. Three miles beyond is Thomp- 
son's Creek, "The Fisherman's Paradise." Bass, trout, 
mullet, carvalho, and sheepshead may here be caught in 
large numbers. 

From the village on the west bank across the Halifax 
runs a long bridge, which is a favorite resort for the "fish- 
ing folk " from the hotels ; from its east end to the ocean — 
about a third of a mile — the road is through fragrant pines 
and an undulating sea of oak and palmetto, whose tops 
appear to form a waving carpet of green where the land 
rises and falls in long sea-like swells. Between the sand 
dunes and the sea stretches Ormond Beach — four hundred 
feet of yellow sand, hard and level as an asphalt pave- 
ment, and extending thirty miles without a break. It is a 
perfect drive, and a paradise for bicycle riders. The surf 
bathing of Ormond is superb, and it can be indulged in at 
least five days out of every seven during the winter season. 

PRIxNCIPAL HOTELS. 
The Ormond. Hotel Coquina. 

PABLO BEACH. 

17 miles from Jacksonville, reached by the Jacksonville and Atlantic R. K. 

Directly on the Atlantic Coast, commanding a mag- 
nificent view and offering a delightfully tempered climate, 
is this seaboard resort of Jacksonville. It possesses one 
of the finest beaches in the world. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Hotel Pablo. Ocean House. Tropical Hotel. 



PALATKA. 

75 miles by boat, 55 miles by rail from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk 
Line. 28 miles from St. Augustine, via Florida East Coast Railway. 

This thriving and picturesque town is the centre of a 
large orange-growing district, and many of the most famous 
groves in the State are located in the vicinity. Palatka is 
the county seat of Putnam, and the starting point for boat 
excursions on the Ocklawaha and Upper St. John's Rivers. 
Good shooting and fishing and bathing may be enjoyed. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Florida Hotel. Hotel Graham. Hotel Osceola. Putnam House. 

PALM BEACH (LAKE WORTH), FLA. 

Reached by l-'iorida East Coast Railway or via Tropical Trunk Line to 
Titusville and steamer. 

Palm Beach is the social centre of Southern Florida. It is 
located on a broad and fertile peninsula covered with a lux- 
uriant tropical growth. The great, green gulf stream sweeps 
along on one side laden with life, and tranquil Lake Worth 
with its resistless temptations lies peacefully on the other. 
The cocoanut palm, that beautiful and majestic tree, ever 
an index to an earthly paradise, grows here to perfection. 
Great groves of them can be seen in full bearing. Large 
bunches of green husked cocoanuts hang from the crown, 
and the gray pennants of the great dried blossoms tasseled 
among the fruit rustle and whisper in the sea breeze. 

Nature has here supplied all the material the most lavish 
workman could covet ; and the taste and labor of the 
wealthiest cities of our land have gathered along these 
shores to feast upon, train, and beautify the already beautiful. 

Palm Beach is rich in athletic sports. Bicycle paths pen- 
etrate the tropical forest in every direction and skirt the 
shores of the lake for miles. Boating is a popular pastime, 
and golfing is the fashionable and exciting sport of the sea- 
son. The links, which lie between the lake and the sea, on a 



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green sward dotted with giant palms, are perhaps the finest 
in America. Excellent facilities for bathing are also provided. 



Hotel Royal Poii 
Palm Beach Tin 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 



Delmore Cottage. 
Lake Worth Hotel. 



PUNTA GORDA. 

268 miles from Jacksonville, via Plant System. 

Within easy reach of the most famous tarpon fishing 
grounds on the coast is Punta Gorda. No more exciting 
sport exists than hooking one of these "game fish." Up 
to a few years ago it was never taken except by harpoon or 
seine, and to come down now and land it with a thin, silken 
thread line is certainly a deviation from the old school, and 
sport of no small account. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
De Soto House. Hotel Georgia. Hotel Southland. Punta Gorda Hotel. 



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ROCKLEDGE. 

175 miles from Jacksonville, all rail via Florida East Coast Railway, 

or via Tropical Trunk Line to Titusville, thence by 

boats of Indian River Steamer Line. 

False Cape and Cape Canaveral throw their protecting 
arms far out into the sea, and shield the productive ter- 
ritory to the 
south from ev- 
ery chilly wind. 
It is in this shel- 
tered nook that 
Rockledge has 
sprung into 
the prominent 
health and ag- 
ricultural mart 
of to-day. It is 
the capital of 
the famous In- 
dian River 
country, world- 
renowned for 
its oranges, and 
little less cele- 
brated for the 
quantity and 
variety of its 
game. It is un- 
doubtedly one 
of the most 
beautiful and 

delightful places in Florida, and its attractions are yearly 
becoming better appreciated. The palmetto palm grows 
here in wild abundance, and the effect of avenues of these 
graceful trees is decidedly odd and picturesque. 




COCOA PALM AND ORANGE GROVE. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Hotel Indian River. Plaza Hotel. New 



Kockledge House. 



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ST. AUGUSTINE. 

36 miles from Jacksonville. Reached by the Florida East Coast Railway. 
First in point of historical interest of all the cities of 
Florida is St. Augustine, the oldest town in America. The 
city was founded by the Spaniards centuries 
X ag:o, and many of the present inhabitants are 
^ descendants of the original grandees. 

^ It savors yet decidedly of the Span- 
>---'^"""™-~"*«% ^" ish, and the quaint, old, balconied 
houses, narrow, winding streets, 
the ruins of the old walls, and 
the city gates, combine to 
form an old-world picture 
strangely in contrast with 
*i8^, the newness of to-day. 

The natural advan- 
tages of St. Augus- 
tine are many. It 
enjoys a well-found- 
ed reputation for 
healthfulness, and 
' possesses a magnifi- 
cent beach, on which 
sea-bathing may be 
J indulged in from 

the year's beginning 
to its end. Its grand 
possibilities have at- 
tracted the attention of capital- 
ists, who have erected three of the 
most superb hotels in the world. 
These palaces, the Ponce de Leon, 
Cordova, and Alcazar, are built of coquina, a curious shell 
formation. The architecture is Spanish Renaissance and 




PONCE DE LEON GATKW 
ST. AUGUSTINE. 



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Mooresque ; the decorations and ornamentations are wrought 
in the same spirit, and the furnishing is in keeping with the 
skill which designed and the taste that executed the grand 
piles. They have no equals in the world, and yet they 
harmonize most happily with their antique surroundings. 
Other attractive features of the old town are the sea wall, 
the old slave market, the Huguenot Cemetery, the Plaza 
de la Constitucion, and the Castle of San Marco, now be- 
come Fort Marion. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Ponce de Leon Hotel. Florida House. The Algonquin. 

The Alcazar. Hernandez Hotel. Pasade la Plaza Hotel. 

American House. Hotel Cordova. The St. George. 

The Barcelona. Magnolia Hotel. The Buckingham. 

Carleton Hotel. Ocean View Hotel. Lorillard Villa. 

Columbia. The Valencia. 



SANFORD. 

125 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line ; also reached 
by boat on St. John's River. 

Sanford was originally a Spanish grant, and passed from 
hand to hand until 1870, when it was purchased by Gen. 
H. S. Sanford, through whose instrumentality a number 
of Swedish families were imported, and to their toil and 
industry the prosperity of the present community is largely 
due. 

The picturesque body of Lake Monroe, on whose shore 
it is partly built, adds no small share to the attractive 
features of the place. It has long been held in the high 
estimation of Florida tourists and well warrants a visit. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

Sanford House. Sirrine Hotel. 

San Leon Hotel. 



SILVER SPRINGS. 

100 miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central and Peninsular 
Railroad ; also reached via Palatka and the Plant System. 

Silver Springs is well known to all who have heard of 
Florida. This vast circular basin, six hundred feet in diam- 
eter and nearly fifty feet in depth, is the source of a 
river known as Silver Spring Run, navigable for small 




steamboats, and which empties into the Ocklawaha Riverj 
about nine miles distant, and is really one of the greatest 
of natural wonders. So transparent is the water that peb- 
bles and sand can be seen distinctly at the bottom. 

This place is owned and cultivated by the Florida Cen- 
tral and Peninsular Railroad, and is one of the prettiest' 
places in Florida, 



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This crystal pool, supposed to have been Ponce de Leon's 
fountain of perpetual youth, is reached via rail or by boat up 
the Ocklawaha River from Palatka to Silver Spring Run, a 
swift and pellucid stream. From the springs Ocala, six 
miles distant, can be reached by railway or via a mag- 
nificent bicycle path. 

TALLAHASSEE. 

165 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

It is the capital of the State and a source of pride to all 
Floridians. It is beautifully built on a high elevation, and 
the design of the broad streets and avenues, shaded with ever- 
greens and live oaks, and the bountiful and luxurious growth 
of flowers and shrubs, make it a veritable garden spot. 

Here is the Lafayette Land Grant, and the noted lakes 
swarming with ducks and brant. The Murat residence, 
and the grave of Prince Achille Murat, son of the King of 
Naples, and a hundred and one places, may be visited and 
enjoyed to the profit of the tourist. Among these is the 
celebrated Wauklilla Spring, fourteen miles south of the 
city, reached by carriage or saddle, and which is the rival 
in area and depth to the great Silver Spring near Ocala. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Baldwin House. New^ Leon Hotel. St. James Hotel. 

TAMPA. 

212 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 

240 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line to 

Sanford and Plant System. 

The run from Jacksonville to Tampa via Sanford is not 
without interest, as the passenger traverses Winter Park, 
Orlando, and the high pine lands to the Kissimmee Lake 
district, and thence on to that fertile and productive country 
where the town stakes of Tampa were first driven. 



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Here cotton, corn, rice, sugar cane, orange, lime, lemon, 
banana, and all the fruits of the tropical zone grow in pro- 
fusion. Its seaport and mercantile value give it a prom- 
inent place among the cities of the State, and as a winter 
refuge it is not surpassed by any point on the Gulf Coast. 
The great Tampa Bay Hotel is the largest in the South, 
and is a marvel of luxurious appointments and lavish 
outlay. 

Port Tampa, nine miles south of Tampa, is situated on 
the shores of Tampa Bay, and from its wharves the steam- 
ers sail for Key West, Havana, Port Antonio (Jamaica), 
Porto Rico, and also for Mobile, Ala., St. Petersburg, Man- 
atee, and other points on the Gulf Coast. 

Both Tampa and Port Tampa became prominent points 
during the recent Spanish-American War. One of the 
largest military camps of tiie war was pitched around them, 



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and Port Tampa was the point from which the Santiago ex- 
pedition embarked. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 



Tampa Bay Hotel. The Inn (Port Tampa). 
The Almeria. The DeSoto. 



City Hotel. 
Tampa House. 



TARPON SPRINGS. 

121 miles from Sanford, via Plant System. 

202 miles from Jacksonville, via Florida Central and Peninsular Rail- 
road, via Lacoochee and the Plant System. 

Foremost among the many attractive winter towns which 
have come into influential life along the Gulf coast is Tar- 
pon Springs. The rapid clearing and building of this 
South Florida town would surprise some of the Western 
land boomers. It has the advantage of situation, the warm 




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winds from the Gulf waters, whose power works wonders, 
and orange groves of number and great yield. 

PRINCIPAL HOTEL. 

Tarpon Springs Hotel. 

WINTER PARK. 

143 miles from Jacksonville, via Tropical Trunk Line to Sanford, and 

thence via Plant System ; also via Florida Central 

and Peninsular Railroad. 

When one considers that this resort, known to-day all 
over the States and abroad, was in 1881 a complete wil- 
derness, it shows with what rapidity towns and cities are 
born in this wonderful country of ours. It is a picturesque 
town, laid out in the shape of a Greek cross, bordering 
on the shores of a chain of pretty lakes. The region im- 
mediately surrounding is highly productive of oranges. It 
is undoubtedly one of the best known and most highly 
esteemed winter homes in the far South, being extremely 
healthful. The noted Seminole Hotel, built in the most 
artistic and modern style, is alive with the gayety and life 
of a migratory people under its rich and hospitable roof. 

PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 
Seminole Hotel. Rogers House. 

This list could be extended to great length, and then 
perhaps all the attractive places would not secure mention. 
The sketches are intended as brief introductions to the 
most prominent places that typify the distinctive life and 
characteristics of this wonderful land, with its earth, air, 
and water forming nature's most perfect sanitarium, where 
thousands are restored to health and strength. The ro- 
mantic Spaniard who sought the fount of perpetual youth 
here exercised excellent judgment. 

If the hand-book serves to direct the steps of the tourist 
into pleasant paths, its purpose will have been achieved. 



[NDEX. 



PAGE 

A Suggestion ii 

Belleair, Fla 23 

Cedar Key, Fla 23 

Dates of Tours 6, 14-17 

Daytoua, Fla 23 

De Laud, Fla 24 

Distinctive Features 7 

Enterprise, Fla 25 

Extra Pullman Accommoda- 
tions 13 

Fernandina, Fla 25 

Florida, descriptive matter . . 21 

Green Cove Springs, Fla. ... 26 

Havana, Cuba 26 

How the Tourists Travel ... S 

Indian River, Fla 28 

Itinerary in Detail 14 

Jacksonville, Fla 21 

Key West, Fla 29 

Lake Worth, Fla 36 

Miami, Fla 29 

Nassau, N. P 31 

Ocala, Fla -12 



P.\GE 

Ocklawaha, The, Fla 33 

Orlando, Fla 33 

Ormnnd, Fla 34 

Pablo Beach, Fla 35 

Palatka, Fla 36 

Palm Beach, Fla 36 

Punta Gorda, Fla. 37 

Rates and Conditions of the 

Tickets 9 

Resorts 21 

Round-Trip Rates 12 

Rockledge, Fla 38 

St. Augustine. Fla 39 

Sanford, Fla 40 

Side Trips in Florida 18 

Silver Springs, F"ia 41 

Tallahassee, Fla 42 

Tampa, Fla 42 

Tarpon Springs, Fla 44 

The Days of Starting and Re- 
turning 6 

Under Personal Escort .... 7 

Winter Park, Fla 45 



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CALIFORNIA. 



PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED TOUR 

TO THK 

GOLDEN GATE. 



This tour is scheduled to leave New York and Philadel- 
phia Thursday, February 9. It will return by March 15, 
thus covering a period of thirty-five days, nineteen of which 
will be spent in California. 

A distinctive feature of this tour is the inclusion in the 
rate of all hotel and Pullman accommodations, meals, trans- 
fers, transportation, and carriage drives at interesting- 
points, both 6'n route and in California. The model train 
which the Pullman Palace Car Company exhibited at the 
World's Fair, Chicago, and at the Atlanta, Nashville, and 
Omaha Expositions will be used throughout the tour. 

Round-trip rates, including all of the above-named feat- 
ures : I405.00 from Boston ; I400.00 from New York, Phil- 
adelphia, Baltimore, and W^ashington ; $395.00 from Pitts- 
burg. 

For the convenience of those who may desire to travel 
independently after arrival in California, or who may wish 
to extend their stay beyond the time covered by the tour, 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has arranged to sell 
tickets to meet all such requirements. 



psKWSLfLWAwaA MiLMAi imm. 



WASHINGTON. 

A series of short personally-conducted tours from New 
York, Philadelphia, and adjacent points will be run 

December 27, 1S98; 

January 19, 1899 ; 

February 16, 1899 ; 

March 9 and 28, 1899 ; 
April 20, 1899 ; 

May II, 1899. 

Rates, including transportation and two days' accom- 
modation at the best Washington hotels : — 

$14.50 from New York, Brooklyn, and Neivark ; 
$13.30 from Trenton, and 

$11.50 from PJiiladelphia. 

I^roportionate rates from other points. 



TOURS TO 

OLD POINT COMFORT, VA., 
RICHMOND, VA., and 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



January 28, 1899 ; 

February 25, 1899 ; 

March 18, 1899 ; 

April i, 15, and 29, 1899. 

rates: 

From New York, Brooklyn, and Newark I34 00 

From Trenton, N. J 32 50 

From Philadelphia 31 00 

Covering all expenses for a period of six days. 

Proportionate rates from other stations. 

TO OLD POINT COMFORT, 

Returning Direct. 

From New York, Brooklyn, and Newark I15 00 

From Trenton, N.J 13 50 

From Philadelphia 12 50 



BOSTON TO WASHINGTON TOURS. 



For the winter and spring of 1898-9 the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company will run seven personally-conducted trips 
to Washington. These are unquestionably the most pop- 
ular short tours that are given under the auspices of this 
Company, and especially appeal to the residents of Boston 
and New England in general. 

The dates selected are : — 

Monday, December 26, 1898 ; 
Monday, January 23, 1899 ; 

Mondays, February 6 and 27, 1899 ; 
Mondays, March 13 and 27, 1899 ; 

Mondays, April 3, 10, and 24, 1899. 

The low rate of $23.00 will apply to all these tours. 

This includes accommodations at the best hotels in 
Washington, side trip to Mount Vernon, and all necessary 
expenses (except meals on the Fall River Line). 



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